Local Fall Farm Produce
Use this handy fall produce directory for everything autumn!
Food Topics
Time for Tomatoes
Tomatoes, like art, come in hundreds of beautiful varieties. They are versatile in cooking and highly nutritious.
Harvesting Tomatoes
Tomatoes can ripen on the vine but can also be picked a few days before they are perfectly ripe and ripen indoors at room temperature.
Tomatoes grown for retail are picked before they ripen ...
Savory Sweet Corn
Summer in the Midwest is celebrated with delicious sweet corn. Sold on the corner of country roads or grown in backyard gardens, it is the iconic symbol of summer much like the watermelon. It is a staple of the midsummer table.
Corn on the cob is simple to prepare and simple ...
Simple Summer Entertaining
Summer is when we find ourselves gathering more, around a warm fire on a cool summer night or around a grill. The act of gathering with family, friends or our community is such an important part of our wellbeing.
Studies show that the more we gather in groups, the healthier we ...
Peas Please
Here in the Midwest, summertime is full of fresh foods. Snap peas and garden peas, which are climbing legume plants, are easy to prepare. Enjoy them cooked or raw right from the vine.
The Snap Pea
Peas are divided into two categories: edible pod or inedible pod.
These cool season vegetables ...
Asparagus Season
Spring conjures up thoughts of warmer weather and asparagus. Asparagus is a versatile and nutritious vegetable that can be cooked a variety of ways.
About Asparagus
Varieties include green, purplish or purple green, or European White.
Treat asparagus like flowers, trimming the ends.
Store stalks upright in water or wrap ends ...
Beneficial Beans
In the Leishman Center we love to feature beans in our classes.
These mighty plant proteins are so versatile. They provide many health benefits to the diet plus come in a multitude of easy to use forms. Canned, dried, or frozen they are ready to deliver a great combination of protein ...
Heart Healthy Lifestyle
February is the perfect month to take care of your heart.
Emotionally and physically.
Valentine’s Day and the American Heart Association honor this month to remind us of the importance of a healthy lifestyle that supports healthy hearts.
Exercise as simple as a nice walk daily. Diet that does not include processed foods. ...
Cooking is Comfort
As we settle in for winter and quiet ourselves after the holiday bustle, take some time to be in the kitchen, the heart center of the home.
Comfort yourself and others with food that is simple, yet feeds your soul. Long simmering stews or soups are perfect for this task, plus ...
Holiday Baking
Holidays in the kitchen mean baking. We love to bake and here in the Leishman Center a little something sweet is looked forward to by our students.
There are many alternatives to the traditional bleached white flour and bleached white sugar that offer not only nutritional benefits but more complex flavor ...
